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Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

#11,146
theunknowndude said:
It’s already on another thread but learnt that Sean Malone of cynic passes away... he was my most absolute favourite fretless musician ever... for both Sean’s of cynic to die at 48 and 50 this year is cruel... RIP
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I recognize the band’s name but wasn’t a fan. I’ll add that to the playlist today to get familiar.
 
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ugly_bassplayer said:
Not really a struggle, but I have about 3 hours worth of stuff recorded.
Including the « solo bass thingy » project .

What is good, what is crap.....?????

Where’s the « un-suck » button??

Do I have the confidence in myself to drop a « bass » album??
Is the stuff « worthy »????

Damn you self doubt!!!
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Jeezus, this seems to be a thing, with most of us, on here, as it comes up on a fairly regular basis. I'm struggling less, simply by not pressuring myself with the 'album' as much as I used to. I'm just gonna periodically revisit my best stuff, and if there's enough thematic cohesion between enough pieces, I'll finally do an official release. I've recently realized that my obsession with the 'official release' has been the main factor in why I still don't have one.

Plus, since getting the Iridium and really dissecting a lot of Martin Steurtzer/Phelios' music, lately (which is very much in the realm of what I hear in my own - having the ability to dissect his sound design in those Iridium presets he shared with me has been a game-changer), I'm learning things at a rather accelerated rate, so there's always new things coming into play for me. I'll do a Berlin or ambient dub track, think I finally 'nailed it' in terms of the genre conventions and cohesiveness (easy, there, @steubig) , and then two weeks later I do something even better.
 
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lordradish said:
Jeezus, this seems to be a thing, with most of us, on here, as it comes up on a fairly regular basis. I'm struggling less, simply by not pressuring myself with the 'album' as much as I used to. I'm just gonna periodically revisit my best stuff, and if there's enough thematic cohesion between enough pieces, I'll finally do an official release. I've recently realized that my obsession with the 'official release' has been the main factor in why I still don't have one.

Plus, since getting the Iridium and really dissecting a lot of Martin Steurtzer/Phelios' music, lately (which is very much in the realm of what I hear in my own - having the ability to dissect his sound design in those Iridium presets he shared with me has been a game-changer), I'm learning things at a rather accelerated rate, so there's always new things coming into play for me. I'll do a Berlin or ambient dub track, think I finally 'nailed it' in terms of the genre conventions and cohesiveness (easy, there, @steubig) , and then two weeks later I do something even better.
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Not as much as pressure to do an « album » as to, ok this is « done » I’m ready to move on to the next project\idea\experiment kinda of thing.

I’m not one to sit on my stuff for years. Like one of my best buddies has been sitting on stuff over 10 years....And everything is already recorded, he just needs to mix the %^&*^%&^ stuff and move on.

At least I can say, « I enfin did that »

My 2 cents.
 
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ugly_bassplayer said:
Not as much as pressure to do an « album » as to, ok this is « done » I’m ready to move on to the next project\idea\experiment kinda of thing.

I’m not one to sit on my stuff for years. Like one of my best buddies has been sitting on stuff over 10 years....And everything is already recorded, he just needs to mix the %^&*^%&^ stuff and move on.

At least I can say, « I enfin did that »

My 2 cents.
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About sitting on stuff for years.

Back when obsessed with the album, I had a select group of songs that I found 'good enough'. Problem is, so much time has passed since then, I'm not really satisfied with them, anymore. I have better sounds. I am a better composer. I play better. I still don't know what I'll do with them, yet.
 
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lordradish said:
About sitting on stuff for years.

Back when obsessed with the album, I had a select group of songs that I found 'good enough'. Problem is, so much time has passed since then, I'm not really satisfied with them, anymore. I have better sounds. I am a better composer. I play better. I still don't know what I'll do with them, yet.
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A natural evolution of an artistic development imo.
 
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lordradish said:
About sitting on stuff for years.

Back when obsessed with the album, I had a select group of songs that I found 'good enough'. Problem is, so much time has passed since then, I'm not really satisfied with them, anymore. I have better sounds. I am a better composer. I play better. I still don't know what I'll do with them, yet.
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one (okay, me) might suggest that this is a good reason to put stuff out (share) when it happens.
 
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#11,158
steubig said:
btw, shameless selfpimping.

not ambient . . . more post-something

a duo with a drummer and me from four (!) years ago. our instruments plus synthy and pedaly stuff.

Freedom Hertz, by Joe Berardi and Steuart Liebig
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Dang. I love that venue, and it is pretty close to me. Just another case of "if I only had a time machine!"
"Live improvisations recorded November 6, 2016 at Bar Lubitsch, West Hollywood, CA."​
 
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